James Hockridge

James Edward Hockridge was the First Assistant Director on Star Trek III: The Search for Spock. This was his first feature film credit, and he has since worked on twenty-five films and four made-for-television movies.

After nearly a decade of working solely on features, Hockridge returned to television production with the 1999 NBC movie Mutiny. He then worked as the 1st AD on the 2000 science fiction-horror TV movie They Nest, which co-starred John Savage and Dean Stockwell.

Since 1989, Hockridge has worked almost exclusively as a 1st AD on feature films. Including Star Trek III, all but one one of his films between 1984 and 1995 were produced by Paramount Pictures. His first film production after Star Trek III was the 1990 hit Ghost, which featured Whoopi Goldberg and Vincent Schiavelli. Soon thereafter, he worked on the 1991 comedy Soapdish, which also co-starred Whoop Goldberg as well as Teri Hatcher. Hockridge then worked on the 1991 Scott Bakula football comedy Necessary Roughness, followed by the 1992 comedy Wayne's World and the 1993 romantic thriller Sliver. On the latter, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country assistant director Christopher T. Gerrity was also a 1st AD.